La Pere de Famille Lisand la Bible (after Greuze)
Lyreux
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1700 - 1800
Materials
Paper
Measurements
392 x 450 mms
Order this imageCollection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 354113.22
Summary
Print, La Pere de Famille Lisand la Bible (after Greuze) by Lyreux. An elderly man reading from the Bible seated at a table with 8 members of his family, a dog, a bird cage, a door at left, a basket and pot under the table. With French poem underneath with vignette of cherub. Inscribed 'Pinxit par Greuze', 'Lyreux sculpt'. Within original border, with 2 reproduction ribbon bows. From a collection of 52 prints, C18, affixed around the walls of the Print Room.
Makers and roles
Lyreux, engraver (printmaker) after Jean-Bapiste Greuze (Tournus 1725 – Paris 1805), artist